In this episode, Chris Duke from Motorz TV shows you how to tear down a junk yard small block Chevy 350 engine to prepare it for rebuild. The engine was purchased online for less than $100. They are a good choice because they're common, cheap, and easy to work on. Parts and information are readily a

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"You can think of DAN as a reconnaissance instrument." That's a quote from Igor Mitrofanov of the Space Research Institute, Russia, who is being deemed the "principal investigator" of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons. Shortened to DAN for obvious reasons, this guy will soon

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MileHiCon, a sci-fi/fantasy gathering in Denver, hosts a truly epochal moment in the history of geekdom: the birth of robot battles.

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On this day in engineering history, Eli Whitney applied for a patent for an invention that would double the yield of raw cotton each decade. The cotton gin automated the separation of cotton seeds from raw cotton. It reduced the number of man-hours required to perform this task and made cotton produ

Ah, the four-banger diesel. I don't know what it is, but once you hear the thrum of one of these little babies firing up and burbling at idle, you're hooked. It happened to me the first time I coaxed my diesel Escort to life, after painstakingly cleaning out all the unfiltered vegetable oil some pr

Maintenance professionals typically know their jobs by doing them; they aren't known for sitting at a computer to write up processes and procedures. But, would your plant benefit from developing a standard procedure book? Do you send your technicians to continuing education classes and then check th

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An explosion at the University of South Carolina's heating plant has raised concerns about the safety of biomass-based boiler systems. While biomass is gaining ground as a viable fuel source for industrial processing, is the technology tried and tested enough to ensure its safety? And, are biomass-b

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How safe is your data in the cloud? Multi-factor authentication locks can provide security, but don't help with accessibility if the servers are down. Expert Jeremy Pollard concludes it's best to keep your company secrets close to home and use the cloud for public documents.

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